The Vegetable Encyclopedia & Cookbook

by Christine Ingram

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 1840811676
• ISBN13: 9781840811674
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Hermes House
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Vegetables Demystified

Looking at vegetables in the grocery store, I realized I knew what the basics were, but there seemed to be a lot of veggies that I had no idea what they were or how to cook them. Artichokes I knew, but how was a Jerusalem artichoke different? (turns out the first is a stem and the second is a root) The Vegetable Encyclopedia & Cookbook appealed to me in that not only did it break down vegetables into related families (roots, greens, shoots and stems, etc.) but it has tons of full-color pictures so I can easily identify them. Each vegetable description also includes what to look for when buying, cutting down on the random thumping and smelling most of us do in the produce section. There is also an extensive recipe section, offering many variations on how to prepare the wide range of vegetables. Not only have my own dinners at home gotten more varied and flavorful, but I usually grab this book first when planning what dish I am going to bring to potluck gatherings. At several holiday parties, the vegetarian guests have not only thanked me for bringing vegetable dishes, but making interesting ones as well.